Wilson M. Laird Papers, 1921-1997

Wilson M. Laird Papers

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Collection Overview

Title: Wilson M. Laird Papers, 1921-1997

ID: OGLMC307

Primary Creator: Laird, Wilson M. (1915-1997)

Extent: 15.0 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 08/11/1975. More info below under Accruals.

Subjects: Energy - Oil, University of North Dakota - Faculty

Languages: English

Abstract

1915-1997: UND Geology, 1940-1969; Director of the Office of Oil and Gas, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1969-1971; Director of the Committee on Exploration of the American Petroleum Institute, 1971-1979

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Wilson Laird Papers have been divided into seven series as follows:

Series 1: Biographical Materials

Series 2: Publications

Series 3: Speeches

Series 4: Employment

Series 5: University of North Dakota

Series 6: Photographs

Series 7: Oversize Materials

Collection Historical Note

Wilson Morrow Laird was born on March 4, 1915, in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Charles W. and Elizabeth Laird. Wilson Laird graduated from Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geology in 1936. He obtained a Master of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina in 1938, and a Ph. D. from the University of Cincinnati in 1942. His doctoral dissertation was entitled “The Stratigraphy of the Upper Devonian and Lower Mississippian of Southwestern Pennsylvania.”

Laird joined the University of North Dakota as an Assistant Professor of Geology in 1940. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1942 and Professor in 1946. He became Head of the Geology Department in 1942. The department underwent tremendous growth during Laird’s tenure, expanding from a faculty of two to a doctorate granting department. Laird was a prodigious scholar who published on subjects as diverse as paleontology, stratigraphy, geomorphology, limnology, sedimentology, and mineral deposits. He also wrote about regional, glacial, groundwater and petroleum geology, and co-authored several geology laboratory manuals.

Laird was named North Dakota State Geologist in 1941. Under his guidance, the North Dakota Geological Survey received national acclaim for its organization and preservation of well files, logs, samples, and cores. Laird’s interest in conservation led to North Dakota’s enactment of oil conservation laws many years before oil was actually discovered in the state. When he took over administration of the Geological Survey, Laird was its only employee; in 1964, Leonard Hall was built to house both the Geological Survey and the Department of Geology. In 1989, the Survey had grown to such an extent that it was moved to Bismarck.

Laird took leave from UND in 1969 to accept a position as Director of the Office of Oil and Gas in the U.S. Department of the Interior. In 1971, he resigned from this post, in addition to formally retiring from UND. He became the first director of the Committee on Exploration of the American Petroleum Institute. He promoted offshore drilling along the east coast of the U.S., in addition to unexplored areas in the Gulf of Mexico. He retired from the position in 1979.

Laird was a fifty year fellow of the Geological Society of America, and received its Public Service Award in 1981. He served as Vice-President (1948) and President (1950) of the Association of American State Geologists, and President of the North Dakota Academy of Science in 1952. He served as President of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and was honored by this group in 1947 with the President’s Award for his research on Devonian stratigraphy in Montana. On the local level, he was active in the Boy Scouts of America, as well as the Masons, Elks, and the Presbyterian Church.

He received honorary doctor of science degrees from Muskingum College in 1964 and UND in 1984. The North Dakota Geological Survey's Wilson M. Laird Core and Sample Library, located on the UND campus, was dedicated in 1980. In 1992, Laird was awarded the first Arthur Gray Leonard medal, established by the UND Department of Geology and Geological Engineering to recognize outstanding alumni achievement.

He married Reba Allene Latimer on August 8, 1938, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. The couple had four children: Douglas, David, Donald, and Dorothy. After Reba Laird died on July 21, 1989, he married Margaret L. Ray of Oklahoma City. She died on November 11, 1996. Wilson Laird died in Kerrville, Texas, on May 14, 1997. He is buried at Memorial Park Cemetery in Grand Forks.

Source:

“Memorial to Wilson M. Laird, 1915-1977.” Geological Society of America Memorials: vol. 29, December 1998

Subject/Index Terms

Energy - Oil
University of North Dakota - Faculty

Administrative Information

Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections

Accruals: Additional material was donated by: Wilson Laird, Kerrville, Texas, on August 12, 1983 (Acc.83-1171); Bruce Gjovig, Grand Forks, North Dakota on August 29, 1999 (Acc.99-2372); Ellen Erickson, UND College of Arts and Sciences, on July 5, 2000 (Acc.2001-2540); and Richard LeFever, UND Geology Department, on July 20, 2001 (Acc.2002-2554).

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Wilson Laird, Washington, D.C.

Acquisition Method: Donation

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Wilson M. Laird Papers. OGLMC 307, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid migrated to Archon in October 2015.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Biographical Materials],
[Series 2: Publications],
[Series 3: Speeches],
[Series 4: Employment],
[Series 5: University of North Dakota],
[Series 6: Photographs],
[Series 7: Oversize Materials],
[All]

Series 2: Publications

The second series consists of Laird's writings, including this Master’s thesis and Ph.D. dissertation. Also included are articles he wrote for various geological publications, North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletins, and scholarly journal articles.

Box 1

Folder 1: Historical Geology: Manual of Laboratory Exercises. By Forbes Robertson and Wilson M. Laird. 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Burgess, 1967.
Folder 2: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Nominating Committee: 1953
Folder 4: Colloquium on Conservation: 1966 - 1967
Folder 5: Glacier Park Topographical Map: 1942
Folder 6: Yellowstone National Park Topographical Map: 1921
Folder 7: Class Record (Grade Book), Wilson Laird: 1940 - 1949
Folder 8: Class Record (Grade Book), Wilson Laird: 1950 - 1951
Folder 9: Canadian Articles Regarding the Devonian in Montana by P.S. Warren: 1933
Folder 10: Bibliography for the Montana Oil and Gas Project
Folder 11: Publication: “Devonian Stratigraphy of Central and Northwestern Montana,” by Laurence L. Sloss and Wilson Laird, Preliminary Chart #25
Folder 12: Manuscript: “The Ellis Group of Central Montana,” by Wilson Laird
Folder 13: Manuscript: “The Ellis Group of Central Montana,” by Wilson Laird
Folder 14: Maps: Montana Project
Folder 15: Maps: Montana Project
Folder 16: Maps: Montana Project
Folder 17: Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas Company: Reports
Folder 18: Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas Company

Box 2

Folder 1: Manitoba Devonian Study
Folder 2: Manitoba Devonian Study
Folder 3: Maps: Geological Manitoba
Folder 4: Draft and Final Report to Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas Company
Folder 5: Publication: “The Devonian of Manitoba,” for the Hudson’s Bay Oil and Gas Company: March 15, 1950
Folder 6: Publication: “Preliminary Report on the Devonian of Manitoba,” for the Hudson’s Bay Oil and Gas Company: September 25, 1949
Folder 7: Publication: “An Examination of the Surficial Geology Around the Grand Forks Air Force Base,” September 1961
Folder 8: Publication: “Devonian Stratigraphy in Montana,” by Wilson M. Laird and Laurence L. Sloss
Folder 9: Detailed Section Montana Devonian.
Folder 10: Manuscript: “An Upper Devonian Brachiopod Fauna from Northwestern Montana,” by Laurence L. Sloss and Wilson M. Laird, Journal of Paleontology
Folder 11: “Preliminary Report of the 1944 Field Season for the U.S.G.S. in Northwestern Montana”
Folder 12: Manuscript: “Mississippian and Devonian Stratigraphy of Northwestern Montana,” by Laurence L. Sloss and Wilson M. Laird, Preliminary Chart #15
Folder 13: Manitoba Devonian Maps
Folder 14: Hudson's Bay Geological Log
Folder 15: Correspondence with L.L. Sloss: 1943 - 1946

Box 3

Folder 1: Publication: “Badlands of North Dakota,” North Dakota Teacher: April 1949
Folder 2: Publication: Biennial Report of the North Dakota Geological Survey: 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950
Folder 3: Publication: ”Biography of Donald Frederick Towse,” Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists: July 1953
Folder 4: Publication: “Black Gold-Its Effect on North Dakota’s Economy,” North Dakota Teacher: September 1952
Folder 5: Publication: “Concretions in North Dakota,” The Museum Review: August 1946
Folder 6: Publication: “Devonian System in Central and Northwestern Montana,” Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists: August 1947
Folder 7: Publication: “Drilling in North Dakota,” Independent Petroleum Association of America: October 1952
Folder 8: Publication: “The Geology and Ground Water Resources of the Emerado Quadrangle,” North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin 17: 1944
Folder 9: Publication: “Geology-Hydrology-Conservation: Reports from the Scientific Agencies,” Water Well Journal: Summer 1947
Folder 10: Publication: “The Geology of the Southern Part of Morton County, North Dakota,” North Dakota Geological Survey Bulletin 14: 1942
Folder 11: Publication: “The Geology of the Turtle River State Park,” North Dakota Historical Quarterly: October 1943
Folder 12: Publication: “Ground Water Studies in the Fessenden Area, Wells County, North Dakota,” Official Bulletin, North Dakota Water and Sewage Works Conference: September 1947
Folder 13: Publication: “Laurence L. Sloss and Wilson M. Laird, Recipients of President’s Award,” Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists: May 1948
Folder 14: Publication: “Lignite’s Future Role,” Coal’s New Horizons: Proceedings of the Conference Sponsored by the Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama: 1961
Folder 15: Publication: “The Manganese Deposits of the Turtle Mountains, North Dakota,” Economic Geology: November 1943
Folder 16: Publication: “Measure Your Wells Now,” Johnson National Drillers’ Journal: September-October 1942
Folder 17: Publication: “Measure Your Wells Now,” Official Bulletin of the North Dakota Water and Sewage Works Conference: September 1942
Folder 18: Publication: “The Missouri River Development Plan for North Dakota,” North Dakota Engineer: January 1946
Folder 19: Publication: “The North Dakota Geological Survey,” North Dakota Engineer: January 1945
Folder 20: Publication: “Notes on Gypsum Crystals in Morton County,” Rocks and Minerals: January 1943
Folder 21: Publication: “Oil in North Dakota,” North Dakota Engineer: November 1948
Folder 22: Publication: “The Portersville Member of the Conemaugh Formation in Muskingum County, Ohio,” Ohio Journal of Science: May 1937
Folder 23: Publication: “State Geological Surveys,” unknown and undated publication
Folder 24: Publication: “State Geologist Tells Story of Oil in North Dakota,” North Dakotan: October 1951
Folder 25: Publication: “Statement from the North Dakota Geological Survey,” Illinois Well Driller: July 1946
Folder 26: Publication: “Stratigraphy and Structure of North Dakota,” National Oil Scouts and Landmen’s Association Yearbook: 1944
Folder 27: Publication: “Stratigraphy of North Dakota with Reference to Oil Possibilities,” unknown and undated publication
Folder 28: Publication: A Teacher’s Guide to Geologic Features. Bismarck: Department of Public Instruction, 1963
Folder 29: Publication: “There is Oil in North Dakota,” North Dakota Teacher: October 1951
Folder 30: Publication: “The Upper Devonian and Lower Mississippian of Southwestern Pennsylvania,” Progress Report 126, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Internal Affairs: 1941
Folder 31: Publication: “An Upper Devonian Brachiopod Fauna from Northwestern Montana,” Journal of Paleontology: September 1947
Folder 32: Publication: “A Water Supple Study in Zeeland, North Dakota,” Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science: 1948
Folder 33: Publication: “The Williston Basin in North Dakota,” Oil in Canada: March 17, 1952

Box 4

Folder 1: Correspondence with Forbes Robertson, 1965, and Drafts of Historical Geology
Folder 2: Publication: Historical Geology by Forbes Robertson and Wilson Laird. 1st ed. Minneapolis: Burgess, 1962.
Folder 3: Beach Gravel Analysis in Emerado Quadrangle
Folder 4: Notes taken on Reconnaissance Survey at Linton, North Dakota, and on Slide at Slide Butte South and West of Amidon, North Dakota, July 1943, by Laird and Chernich.
Folder 5: Devils Lake Shoreline Study by Laird and Terence Quirke
Folder 6: Manuscript: “Conservation of Oil and Gas,” for North Dakotan: February 1953
Folder 7: Manuscript and data: “The Geology of the Williston Basin,” for World Petroleum
Folder 8: Manuscripts: “Geology” and untitled article on the Missouri River Development Plan for North Dakota Engineer
Folder 9: Manuscript: "Oil in North Dakota," North Dakota Engineer, November 1948
Folder 10: Manuscript: ''Concretions in North Dakota," The Museum Review: August 1946
Folder 11: Manuscript: “Geology and Post-War Opportunities,” North Dakota Engineer
Folder 12: Manuscript: “Geology of the Williston Basin in North Dakota,” for World Petroleum
Folder 13: Manuscript and correspondence for untitled article for The Mines Magazine (Colorado School of Mines): 1951
Folder 14: Correspondence regarding an interview of Laird which appeared in Oil and Gas Journal: 1959
Folder 15: Manuscript: “Geology of Oil and Gas in North Dakota,” The Mines Magazine (Colorado School of Mines)
Folder 16: Manuscript for unknown article for World Oil
Folder 17: Manuscript for IOCC Talk in Billings, Montana: September 1, 1953
Folder 18: Publication: "Uranium in North Dakota," North Dakota Teacher: October 1956
Folder 19: Illustrations for “Beaver Lodge & Tioga Fields, North Dakota,” paper presented at the Fifth Annual Meeting, American Association of Petroleum Geologists: 1955
Folder 20: Publication: “Geology of North Dakota in Relation to Oil,” Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science: 1951
Folder 21: Plainsfield Problem
Folder 22: North Dakota Geological Society: 1951

Box 5

Folder 1: Manuscripts: Miscellaneous articles written by Laird
Folder 2: Portersville Problem
Folder 3: Research and data for miscellaneous articles
Folder 4: Publication: “Dr. Laird Reflects Happily on Past, Sees Great Future for Oil in N.D.,” Fargo Forum: April 2, 1961
Folder 5: Manuscripts: “Oil and Gas in North Dakota,” “Geographical and Geological Features,” North Dakota Blue Book: 1941, 1954, 1961
Folder 6: Manuscript: ''What Should the State Geological Surveys Be Doing?” State Geologists Journal: April 1960
Folder 7: Manuscript: “Conservation of Oil and Gas in North Dakota,” in The Conservation of Natural Resources of North Dakota. Fargo: North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1962
Folder 8: Manuscript: “Conservation Work of the North Dakota Geological Survey,” Fargo Forum: August 1963
Folder 9: Manuscripts: “Brief Geologic Summary of the Williston Basin,” “History of Oil Exploration in North Dakota,” Geologram (publication of the North Dakota Geological Society)
Folder 10: Manuscript: “Ground Water Studies in North Dakota,” Grand Forks Herald: November 15, 1962
Folder 11: Publication: “Petroleum Exploration and Production in the Ninth District,” by Dr. William Koenker, Monthly Review (publication of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis): November 1962
Folder 12: Manuscript of abstract: “Study of the Martin River Glacier in South-central Alaska,” by John R. Reid and Laird
Folder 13: Manuscript and publication: “Molluscan Fauna of Some Alkaline Lakes and Sloughs in South Central North Dakota,” by Samuel J. Tuthill and Laird, Nautilus: October 1963
Folder 14: Manuscript: “Molluscan Fauna of the Martin River Glacier, South-Central Alaska,” by S.J. Tuthill and Laird
Folder 15: Manuscript and publication: “Preliminary Report on the Molluscan Fauna of the Martin River Glacier and Associated Area,” The Veliger: October 1963
Folder 16: Manuscript: “Glacial Research in South-Central Alaska,” by Laird and Samuel J. Tuthill, Compass of Sigma Gamma Epsilon: December 1963
Folder 17: Manuscript: “A Comparison of a Fossil Pleistocene Molluscan Fauna from North Dakota with a Recent Molluscan Fauna from Minnesota,” by Samuel J. Tuthill, Lee Clayton, and Laird, American Midland Naturalist
Folder 18: Manuscript: “Studies of the West Side of Lake Agassiz”
Folder 19: Manuscript: “Fossil Molluscan Fauna from the Upper Terrace of the Cannonball River, Grant County, North Dakota,” by S.J. Tuthill, W.M. Laird and C.I. Frye
Folder 20: Manuscript: “Fossiliferous Marl Beneath Lower Campbell (Glacial Lake Agassiz) Beach Sediments,” by S.J. Tuthill, Wilson M. Laird, and Ronald J. Kresl
Folder 21: Manuscript: “Interesting Minor Lineations on Lake Agassiz Plain,” by Lee Clayton, Wilson M. Laird, R.W. Klassen, and W.O. Kupsch, Journal of Geology
Folder 22: Manuscript: “Interesting Minor Lineations on Lake Agassiz Plain,” by Lee Clayton, Wilson M. Laird, R.W. Klassen, and W.O. Kupsch, Journal of Geology
Folder 23: Manuscripts: “Earthquake Triggered Avalanches in South-Central Alaska Effect an Unusual Patterned Ground,” by Wilson M. Laird and Samuel J. Tuthill; “Unusual Mode of Formation of Patterson Ground in South Central Alaska,” by Wilson M. Laird and Samuel J. Tuthill
Folder 24: Manuscript: “Quaternary Geology of Northern Great Plains,” by R.W. Lemke, W.M. Laird, M.J. Tipton, and R.M. Lindvall, INQUA Paper: 1964
Folder 25: Manuscript: “Geomorphic Effects of the Alaskan Earthquake (March 27, 1964) on the Martin-Bering Rivers Area,” by Samuel J. Tuthill and Wilson M. Laird, Geological Survey Professional Paper
Folder 26: Manuscript: “A Brief Geological History of North Dakota,” Bismarck Tribune
Folder 27: Publication: “A Word About Art Koth,” North Dakota Engineer: January 1967
Folder 28: Manuscript: “Oil in North Dakota,” North Dakotan:
Folder 29: Manuscript: “Oil in North Dakota,” North Dakota Teacher
Folder 30: Manuscript: Guide Book, First Annual Field Conference, by the North Dakota Geological Survey in Cooperation with the Mines Branches Province of Manitoba: 1952
Folder 31: Manuscript: “The Beaver Lodge and Tioga Fields, Mountrail and Williams Counties, North Dakota,” by Wilson M. Laird, Miller Hansen, Clarence B. Folsom, Sidney B. Anderson, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Meeting, February 15, 195
Folder 32: Manuscript: “Badlands of North Dakota”
Folder 33: Manuscript: “The Problem of Licensing Well Drillers in North Dakota,” Johnson National Drillers Journal: 1947
Folder 34: Manuscript: “Statement from the North Dakota Geological Survey,” The Illinois Well Driller: July 1946
Folder 35: North Dakota Geological Society Field Trip: June 25-27, 1954
Folder 36: Manuscript: “Let's Train Our Geologists”
Folder 37: Manuscript: “Oil in North Dakota in 1952,” Williston Basin Oil Review
Folder 38: Manuscript: “The Eocene in North Dakota,” by William Benson and Wilson M. Laird
Folder 39: Manuscript: “Field Work in Geology”
Folder 40: Bremen Problem

Box 8

Folder 54: Master's Thesis: "Stratigraphy and Structure of the Martinsburg Formation Near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania," Department of Geology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1938
Folder 55: Ph.D. Dissertation, Preliminary Draft: "The Upper Devonian and Lower Mississippian of Southwestern Pennsylvania," University of Cincinnati, 1942
Folder 56: Ph.D. Dissertation, Final Draft: "The Upper Devonian and Lower Mississippian of Southwestern Pennsylvania," University of Cincinnati, 1942
Folder 57: Ph.D. Dissertation: "The Upper Devonian and Lower Mississippian of Southwestern Pennsylvania," University of Cincinnati, 1942
Folder 58: Ph.D. Dissertation, Correspondence: October 1939-January 1942
Folder 59: Ph.D. Dissertation, "Devonian and Mississippian Relations in Southwestern Pennsylvania," Paper Presented to Section E of the A.A.A.S., Columbus, Ohio: December 1939
Folder 60: Ph.D. Dissertation, Devonian - Mississippian Paper for Devonian Correlation Chart for G. A. Cooper, Assistant Curator, Stratigraphic Paleontology, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History: November 20, 1940
Folder 61: Ph.D. Dissertation, "The Devonian and Mississippian Incliners of Southwestern Pennsylvania," Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists: January 1941
Folder 62: Memoirs, "History of Oil Conservation in North Dakota or A State Geologist's Memoirs": February 16, 1962
Folder 63: "The Porterville Member of the Corremaugh Formation in Muskingum County, Ohio," Ohio Journal of Science, Vol. 37, No. 3: May 1937
Folder 64: "The Upper Devonian and Lower Mississippian of Southwestern Pennsylvania," Topographic and Geologic Survey, Progress Report 126: June 1941
Folder 65: "Selected Deep Well Records," North Dakota Geological Survey, Bulletin 12: 1941
Folder 66: "The Geology of the Southern Part of Morton County, North Dakota,” North Dakota Geological Survey, Bulletin 14: 1942
Folder 67: "Stratigraphy of North Dakota,” Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 26, No. 8: August 1942
Folder 68: Twenty-Second Biennial Report, North Dakota Geological Survey: September 1, 1942
Folder 69: "Measure Those Wells - Now!" Official Bulletin, North Dakota Water and Sewage Conference, Vol. 10, No. 3: September 1942
Folder 70: "Notes on Gypsum Crystals in Morton County, North Dakota,” with Robert Mitchell, Rocks and Minerals, Vol. 18, No. 1: January 1943
Folder 71: "The Geology of the Turtle River State Park,” North Dakota Historical Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 4: October 1943
Folder 72: "The Manganese Deposits of the Turtle Mountains, North Dakota,” with Thomas Hendricks, Economic Geology, Vol. 38, No. 7: November 1943
Folder 73: "The Geology and Ground Water Resources of the Emerado Quadrangle,” North Dakota Geological Survey, Bulletin 17: 1944
Folder 74: "Stratigraphy and Structure of North Dakota,” National Oil Scouts and Landmen's Association Yearbook, Vol. 14: 1944
Folder 75: Twenty-Third Biennial Report, North Dakota Geological Survey: 1944.
Folder 76: "North Dakota Geological Survey,” North Dakota Engineer, Vol. 20, No. 1: January 1945
Folder 77: "Engineering Curricula,” North Dakota Engineer, Vol. 20, No. 2: May 1945
Folder 78: "The Missouri River Development Plan for North Dakota,” "Stratigraphy,” North Dakota Engineer, Vol. 21, No. 2: January 1946

Box 9

Folder 1: "Federal-State Survey Cooperative Programs on Groundwater and Their Relation to the Private Contractor,” Illinois Well Driller, Vol. 15, No. 2: July 1946
Folder 2: "Concretinis in North Dakota,” The Museum Review, Vol. 1, No. 8: August 1946
Folder 3: "State Geological Surveys,” Association of American State Geologists Yearbook
Folder 4: "State Geological Surveys,” Association of American State Geologists Yearbook
Folder 5: Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report, North Dakota Geological Survey: 1946
Folder 6: Biennial Report of the Geological Survey to the State Board of Higher Education: July 1946 to June 1948
Folder 7: "Geology - Hydrology - Conservation,” Water Well Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1: Summer 1947
Folder 8: "Devonian Stratigraphy of Central and Northwestern Montana,” with Lawrence Sloss, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol. 31, No. 8: August 1947
Folder 9: "Ground Water Studies in the Fessenden Area, Wells County, North Dakota,” Official Bulletin, North Dakota Water and Sewage Works Conference, Vol. 15, No. 3: September 1947
Folder 10: "An Upper Devonian Brachiopod Fauna from Northwestern Montana,” Journal of Paleontology, Vol. 21, No. 5: September 1947
Folder 11: "State Geological Surveys,” Association of American State Geologists Yearbook: 1947
Folder 12: "Laurence L Sloss and Wilson M. Laird, Recipients of President's Award,” Bulletin, The American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Vol, 32, No. 5: May 1948
Folder 13: "Oil in North Dakota,” North Dakota Engineer, Vol. 24, No.1: November 1948
Folder 14: "State Geological Surveys,” Association of American State Geologists Yearbook: 1948
Folder 15: "A Water Supply Study at Zeeland, North Dakota,” Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, 1948
Folder 16: "Badlands of North Dakota,” The North Dakota Teacher: April 1949
Folder 17: "State Geological Surveys,” Association of American State Geologists Yearbook: 1949
Folder 18: Twenty-Sixth Biennial Report, North Dakota Geological Survey: 1950
Folder 19: "State Geologist Tells Story of Oil in North Dakota,” North Dakotan, Vol. 26, No. 10: October 1951
Folder 20: "Developments of Oil and Gas in North Dakota,” The Mines Magazine, Vol. 41, No. 10: October 1951
Folder 21: "There Is Oil in North Dakota,” North Dakota Teacher: October 1951
Folder 22: "Geology of North Dakota in Relation to Oil,” Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science: Vol. 5, 1951
Folder 23: "The Williston Basin in North Dakota,” Oil in Canada: March 17, 1952
Folder 24: "Black Gold - Its Effect on North Dakota's Economy,” North Dakota Teacher: September 1952
Folder 25: "Drilling in North Dakota,” Annual Issue of Independent Petroleum Association of America: October 1952
Folder 26: "Biography of Donald Frederick Towse,” The Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists: July 1953
Folder 27: "Oil in North Dakota,” Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, Vol. 9: July 1955
Folder 28: "Let's Train Our Geologists,” Geo-Times, Vol. 1, No. 12: June 1957
Folder 29: "Dr. Laird and the Industrial Commission,” Williston Basin Oil Review: January 1959
Folder 30: "All in a Rosy Future,” Williston Basin Oil Review: January 1960
Folder 31: "What Should the State Geological Surveys Be Doing?” State Geologists Journal: October 1960
Folder 32: "Geological Engineering at UND,” North Dakota Engineer: March 1961
Folder 33: "Lignite's Future Role,” Coal's New Horizon, Conference on Future Technological Trends, Birmingham, Alabama: October 1961
Folder 34: A Teacher's Guide to Geologic Features, with Harold Bliss: May 1963.
Folder 35: "The Problem of Lake Agassiz,” Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science, Vol. 18: 1964
Folder 36: "Quaternary Geology of Northern Great Plains,” The Quaternary of the United States, Princeton University Press: 1965
Folder 37: Manuscript for American Midland Naturalist, "A Comparison of a Fossil Pleistocene Molluscan Fauna From North Dakota with a Recent Molluscan Fauna From Minnesota”: 1963
Folder 38: "The Geology of North Dakota and Its Relation to Construction Materials,” "Notes on Lake Agassiz,” undated

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